When religious leaders forget to tell the story that liberates
Peter Day, Canberra priest, asks how effective church leaders’ statements about sexuality are in the current climate and culture.
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Can Catholics support same sex marriage legislation? Some considerations arising from Canon Law and Australian Law
Terry Duff is a solicitor and practises in central west NSW. He holds degrees in both law and theology. Married for 26 years, Terry has been a widower for four […]
What makes Australia’s Catholic Bishops tick?
Eric Hodgens, Melbourne pastor emeritus, writes on the way the influence of bishops in church governance militates against a collaborative inclusive church.
University report lifts the lid on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
Kieran Tapsell is a retired civil lawyer and the author of Potiphar’s Wife: The Vatican’s Secret and Child Sexual Abuse and of a submission to the Royal Commission into Institutional […]
Need for change in the church
It has becoming clear to me that clericalism is killing the church. I agree with Vincent Jewell (A tale of two Catholicisms – Uganda and Australia, Winter 2017), that ‘our […]
